US6240975B1 - Method and arrangement for limiting the loom shed opening angle - Google Patents

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US6240975B1
US6240975B1 US09/580,285 US58028500A US6240975B1 US 6240975 B1 US6240975 B1 US 6240975B1 US 58028500 A US58028500 A US 58028500A US 6240975 B1 US6240975 B1 US 6240975B1
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Josef Hehle
Werner Birner
Herbert Reinhardt
Peter Czura
Hans-Dieter Scorl
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D03—WEAVING
    • D03D—WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
    • D03D47/00—Looms in which bulk supply of weft does not pass through shed, e.g. shuttleless looms, gripper shuttle looms, dummy shuttle looms
    • D03D47/40—Forming selvedges
    • D03D47/48—Forming selvedges by inserting cut end of weft in next shed, e.g. by tucking, by blowing

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for limiting the weaving shed opening angle, especially in a loom that manufactures a fabric having at least one laid-in selvedge of a predetermined laid-in depth.
  • the method and device relate to looms in which the free end of at least one bound-in weft thread in a front shed is guided back and tucked or laid into a subsequent front shed by means of at least one air jet.
  • the weaving shed is formed by shedding mechanisms and consists of main or lower warp threads and face or upper warp threads, and would normally have a shed opening angle ⁇ in the area of the fabric beat-up edge.
  • the free weft thread end that is guided into the subsequent shed is beat-up against the fabric beat-up edge together with at least one subsequent weft thread by means of a reed within the subsequent weft insertion period and is then bound-in to form the laid-in selvedge.
  • weft threads When manufacturing a length of fabric having at least one laid-in selvedge formed by means of a pneumatically actuated laying-in inserter or tucker, for example a laid-in selvedge on the weft thread insertion side, the weft threads are conventionally guided back into a subsequently opened front shed (weaving shed) by means of an airstream. It has been observed that these weft threads poke out through openings between adjacent selvedge warp threads of the upper and lower sheds respectively.
  • the invention further aims to avoid or overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to achieve additional advantages, as are apparent from the present specification.
  • the above objects have been achieved according to the invention by providing a method of limiting the front shed opening angle a that is formed between the upper and lower sheds by shedding mechanisms, to a limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 .
  • the limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 is smaller than the normal shed opening angle ⁇ and extends at least across the laid-in depth of the laid-in selvedge to be formed, viewed in the weaving or warp direction.
  • the normal shed opening angle ⁇ is defined as the angle between two lines, of which a first line extends from the beat-up edge to the point of maximum upper shedding deflection of the upper or face warp threads by the respective upper heddles or the like of the shedding mechanism, and of which a second line extends from the beat-up edge to the point of maximum lower shedding deflection of the lower or main warp threads by the respective lower heddles or the like of the shedding mechanism, in a given open loom shed.
  • the normal shed opening angle ⁇ is the angle between the upper and lower warp threads in an open shed if no special measures are taken to limit the opening angle of the warp threads.
  • the method according to the invention provides the advantage that an oscillating or fluttering motion of the free weft thread end is limited in the direction of the face and main warp threads.
  • at least one airstream that guides the free end of the weft thread back into the weaving shed can act more directly upon the end of the weft thread when the front shed at the fabric edge does not open as wide as the conventional or normal front shed opening.
  • a shed opening limit device is provided according to the invention to implement the method according to the invention.
  • the shed opening limit device comprises a support beam, a support beam extension, and a two-pronged or two-tined construction.
  • the support beam extension is angled from the support beam and extends in the vertical direction of the weaving shed opening.
  • the two-pronged construction is mounted on the support beam extension and has a first prong or tine and a second prong or tine that are arranged parallel to each other along their axes and spaced vertically apart from each other.
  • the two prongs are fastened to the support beam extension outside and lateral to the front shed area.
  • the first or upper prong and the second or lower prong each have a free end that extends across the front shed for a distance corresponding to the predetermined laid-in depth of the laid-in selvedge, at approximately a right angle to the direction of the warp of the front shed.
  • the respective face and main warp threads of the front shed are guided between the two prongs of the limit device, which are spaced at an adequate distance from the reed and from the shedding mechanism respectively.
  • the warp threads of the upper and lower sheds at least near the edges of the weaving width are forced against the respective upper and lower prongs, whereby their further opening travel is stopped or limited.
  • the limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 is defined by the vertical spacing between the two prongs of the limiting device and by the horizontal spacing between the prongs and the beat-up edge, which are adjustable.
  • the shed opening limit device is slidable within the front shed, that is, it is slidably adjustable between the shedding mechanism and the reed along X, Y and Z planes or axes.
  • the two prongs themselves are adjustable at the support beam extension about their arrangement axis. In this way, the limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 of the respective selvedge warp threads of the upper and lower sheds can be optimally adjusted.
  • the free end of the support beam is releasably connected to a suitable fixed part of the loom by any known appropriate releasable fastening means.
  • FIGURE shows a schematic representation of an embodiment of the shed opening limit device according to the invention arranged on a loom between the shedding mechanism and the reed.
  • the FIGURE shows a shed opening limit device 4 according to the invention mounted on a weaving machine or loom 1 and arranged between a shedding mechanism 2 and a reed 3 of the loom 1 .
  • the overall loom 1 is not shown, but rather only the reed 3 , the shedding mechanism 2 (e.g. heddles, heald frame, etc.) and a machine frame part 12 of the loom are schematically illustrated.
  • These general loom components may have any conventional form.
  • the shed opening limit device 4 includes a forked or two-pronged construction having a first prong 4 A and a second prong 4 B that are attached to a support beam extension SA.
  • the support beam extension 5 A is a vertical extension of a support beam 5 that is mounted on the loom 1 in a plane that is approximately parallel to a weaving plane that is not expressly defined.
  • the prongs 4 A, 4 B are arranged in the loom 1 such that their respective axes extend parallel to each other and at a substantially right angle relative to the direction of the warp threads.
  • the prongs 4 A, 4 B extend across the face warp threads 6 A and the main warp threads 6 B in the selvedge area of the warp to a predetermined width 7 A of the total width 7 of the fabric. Thereby, the warp threads 6 A and 6 B are received and constrained between the two prongs 4 A and 4 B.
  • the predetermined width 7 A corresponds approximately to the width of a laid-in selvedge 8 A, i.e. the laying-in depth.
  • the free ends of the prongs 4 A, 4 B are slightly bent or angled away from the planes of the respective upper and lower warp threads such that they will not collide with the face warp threads 6 A or the main warp threads 6 B in the area of the main width or body of the woven web because these warp threads are not to be included in the limited weaving shed opening.
  • the shed opening limit device 4 constrains a portion of the front shed 6 so as to limit the conventional shed opening angle ⁇ between the shedding mechanism 2 and the reed 3 , to a limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 .
  • the front shed 6 extends from the respective shedding device of the shedding mechanism 2 to a beat-up edge 8 B of the fabric or woven web 8 .
  • a so-called pneumatic lay-in inserter or tucker 9 is arranged laterally next to the front shed 6 , in the vicinity of the beat-up edge 8 B of the fabric 8 .
  • the inserter 9 pneumatically engages or entrains a free end 10 A of a weft thread 10 that has been beat-up against the beat-up edge 8 B by the reed 3 and bound-in by the warp threads through a shed change, and pneumatically inserts the free end 10 A into a new front shed 6 for forming a woven edge or laid-in selvedge.
  • the method according to the invention limits the shed opening angle ⁇ to a limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 of the selvedge warp threads.
  • This limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 reduces the amount of fluttering of the free end 10 A of the weft thread 10 in the vertical direction when it is pneumatically inserted or tucked back into the next open weft shed.
  • This reduced fluttering of the weft thread end 10 A makes it much less likely that the weft thread end 10 A will poke through an open area between the main warp threads 6 B or between the face warp threads 6 A in the laid-in depth or width 7 A. In this way the known conventional inadequacies of such a woven edge are avoided.
  • the prongs 4 A and 4 B of the shed opening limit device 4 are adjustable at the support beam extension 5 A about a respective arrangement axis 4 A′ and 4 B′, so that the vertical spacing between the prongs 4 A and 4 B can be adjusted. Also, the overall position of the limit device 4 can be adjusted in the X, Y and Z-directions relative to the loom components as will be discussed below.
  • the limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 can be optimally adjusted to correspond to the conditions of the selvedge formation, and particularly to achieve the optimum required limited angle ⁇ 1 of the selvedge warp threads over the optimum width 7 A, without interfering with normal weaving operations.
  • the optimum limited angle ⁇ 1 is especially determined with respect to the position of the end 10 A of the weft thread 10 that is to be guided back into a shed. In this way the shed opening angle ⁇ is adjusted to the appropriate limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 over the laid-in depth or width 7 A.
  • the limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 is wide enough so that it does not impair the weft thread insertion of weft threads 10 into the weaving shed 6 , for example by means of one or more insertion nozzles or jets 11 .
  • the limited shed opening angle ⁇ 1 is smaller than the conventional shed opening angle ⁇ , but may not be smaller than the clearance height of the particular weft thread insertion channel 3 A in the reed 3 .
  • the limited angle ⁇ 1 must be greater than the necessary clearance height of the particular insertion devices.
  • the support beam 5 of the limit device 4 is fastened to a suitable stable machine frame part 12 of the loom 1 by a releasable fastening element 13 (such as a U-bolt, bracket, clamp or bolts) so that the support beam 5 is adjustable in the X, Y and Z axial directions.
  • a releasable fastening element 13 such as a U-bolt, bracket, clamp or bolts
  • This provides further possibilities for positioning the shed opening limit device 4 over the face warp and main warp threads 6 A, 6 B as shown in the FIGURE.
  • the shed opening limit device 4 can be adjusted to a desired laid-in depth or width 7 A, assuming that the prongs 4 A, 4 B of the limit device 4 have the appropriate length.
  • Each prong 4 A, 4 B can have a cross-section that is circular, or at least has a rounded contour on a surface contacting the warp threads for smoothly guiding the warp threads.

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